A pair of future Hall of Famers dominate this card. Even when this card hit the public in ’82, we all knew these guys would be or at least could be in Cooperstown someday. Of the two, Eddie Murray had the easier time winning his league’s RBI title, even though it was close. Although it [...]
Obviously, this is one of the coolest cards in the set when you’re an eight year old and I dubbed it “the card of five stars”. You’ve got 5 of the best players AND they’re the home run leaders! It all starts with Mike Schmidt, who led the National League in homers for the fifth [...]
Bill Madlock and Carney Lansford each won their batting titles as third baseman, but, they took two different routes to get their crowns in 1981.
In 1981, Mike Schmidt was busy earning his 2nd straight National League MVP award, 6th straight gold glove, while earning his 6th trip to the midsummer classic. The first month of the season, he showed everyone why he was 1980′s NL MVP, by producing a 13 game hitting streak in which he batted .327/.431/.755 with [...]
It’s incredible how many Yankees cards there are in this set. I’ve been trying to even out the deck by getting a lot of Yanks cards out of the way. So, here’s Graig Nettles – in action (’cause Topps really didn’t understand that action shots should be on every card anyway) I remember being disappointed [...]
Whoever designed this card, had to be a perfectionist. Everybody’s facing the same direction like they’re some kind of singing group in the middle of a synchronized dance step.
What always fascinates me about Stan Papi, is that his career major league batting totals, are equivalent to a full single season of play. He had 562 PA’s, due to a combination of his playing skill and the teams he played for. All these teams, except for the Expos, were above .500 clubs. Those Expos, [...]
The original A-Rod to man the hot corner in the Bronx, Aurelio Rodriguez came up to the major leagues as an infielder for a west coast American League team, played third base for the Yankees, batted over .400 in a World Series, and his rookie card is sought after by collectors.
Butch Hobson had a couple good years playing for Boston in the late 1970′s, but came to the end of his major league career in 1982. A short career filled with some bright moments, is a longer and better career than most get to experience.
Arguably the best third baseman ever, this Mike Schmidt card in this whole set reminds us he wasn’t just a great slugger but also a great fielder, back when he was still in the midst of putting together a great Hall of Fame resume.
It’s the penguin swinging a bat, man!
This card features the expression of a man playing for the Mariners in the early 1980′s, who wishes there’d never been an expansion draft. He was a below average hitter, who turned into a slugger against a certain three teams.
The Jeff Schneider rookie card is the most valuable card of the whole ’82 Topps set. This is my least favorite card in the entire set, because I just don’t think any of these players should’ve been on this particular card. Seriously, I’d put 3 different guys on here.
Bill “Mad Dog” Madlock looks happy here and he should. He’d just won his 3rd batting title with a .341 average and got on base at a .413 clip! Although, he started the ’82 season slowly, but then had a great August and September…ending the season with career highs in runs, runs created, homers, and RBI’s.
The 1981 Red Sox had four future Hall of Famers on the team, but none of them graced the cover of this 1982 card. They weren’t a bad team at 59-49, but they failed to grab a division title in either half of the split season. The BoSox were a team in transition back then, in between World Series appearances.